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Legendary British director Sir Richard Attenborough (GANDHI, CRY FREEDOM) made his directorial debut with the scathingly satirical antiwar musical OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR. Based on Joan Littlewood's 1963 stage play, the film reimagines the tragic conflagration of World War I as a macabre amusement park in which ghastly images of war's futility--such as generals playing leapfrog on the battlefield while their soldiers die around them--are set to farcical musical numbers like "The Bells of Hell" and "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire." Attenborough assembled a virtual who's-who of iconic British thespians--including Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, and Maggie Smith--to enact the masterful pacifist diatribe that was seen as a thinly veiled commentary on the Vietnam War at the time of its 1969 premiere--and remains just as timely and relevant at its 2006 re-release.Product Identifiers
UPC0097360690149
eBay Product ID (ePID)55295973
Product Key Features
ActorMichael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Vanessa Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, Susannah York, Maggie Smith
EditionSpecial Collector's Edition
RatingG
Movie/TV TitleOh! What a Lovely War
DirectorRichard Attenborough, Sir Richard Attenborough
FormatDVD
Release Year2006
GenreMusical & Performing Arts
Additional Product Features
Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Display FormatSpecial Collector's Edition
Signal StandardDvd
Leading RoleMichael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Susannah York, Maggie Smith
Film CountryUnited Kingdom
Release Date20061107